Position Summary
How will you create an impact :
• Provides senior medical administrative leadership and decision-making regarding professional and strategic matters for NPs.
• Oversees the development and implementation of organizational policies, programs, and services as they relate to NPs to meet operational requirements.
• Provides present and compassionate leadership in establishing the strategic direction, performance goals, and objectives for NP practice in an integrated service environment and in accordance with IH's Strategic and Operating Plans and the Medicine Portfolio Priorities.
• Leads the strategic integration, sustainability, and deployment of NPs (including human resource planning, supporting recruitment and retention initiatives and operational management) to deliver a quality and educated workforce across IH.
• Responsible for establishing and maintaining a highly functioning integrated team that effectively incorporates subject matter expertise and delivers consistent performance to required standards.
• Establishes collaborative working relationships with Medical Staff, Executive Directors, Directors, and Managers that impact NP practice.
• Ensures effective quality improvement and patient safety activities occur within the assigned programs where NPs practice. Fosters a solution-focused approach to resolving issues of mutual concern.
• Monitors indicators of performance within the portfolio, tracking results/outcomes and making determinations around the appropriateness, cost-effectiveness, and integration of NP services.
• Provides leadership and collaborates with other Health Authority staff in the collection of data and information related to NP Human Resource planning and informs Heath Authority Medical Advisory Committee Medical Staff Resource Planning.
• Represents IH by developing and maintaining collaborative working relationships with internal and external partners to address issues, share information, and promote partnerships.
• Oversees the development, implementation and approvals of operating budgets including budget updates, authorization control and reporting of expenditures ensuring the efficient utilization of financial resources.
• Provides leadership to the development of region-wide professional development/education strategies for NPs in collaboration with IH's People & Engagement department.
• Provides supervision and direction to staff; including hiring, training, performance monitoring, discipline and termination.
• Ensures processes for the evaluation of clinical performance of all NP reports on an annual basis. Leads the evaluation of clinical performance reviews of all NP reports, including NP Directors, based on the role deliverables and performance expectations.
• With the assistance of the Communications portfolio, supports interaction with the public, media, and other interest groups on matters affecting the portfolio.
• In alignment with IH's Occupational Health & Safety Program, maintain a healthy and safe work environment through complying with and implementing applicable Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, responding to requests from WSBC, identifying hazards and communicating risks, ensuring compliance with employee training, conducting effective incident investigations and implementing required corrective actions.
• Participates in Medical Leadership On-Call structures, on an equitable basis as appropriate.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
Honouring Interior Health's commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), and Pursuant to Section 42 of the BC Human Rights Code, preferential consideration and/or hiring will be given to qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit).
Qualfications
Education, Training, and Experience• Master's or Doctoral (DNP/PhD) degree in Nursing as a Nurse Practitioner, plus ten (10) years recent related progressively senior clinical leadership experiences or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience leading professional practice, program management, change management, or strategic initiative development, implementation and system planning in a large health organization.
• Demonstrated experience with research process and methodology as well as evaluation of complex systems and evaluation approaches.
• Current practicing registration as a Nurse Practitioner with the BCCNM.
• Maintains their clinical NP practice in their area of expertise/interest, and must be eligible and maintain active membership as IH medical staff.
Skills and Abilities
• Demonstrated ability to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate programs and planned changes.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with various groups and agencies.
• Commitment to client/patient-focused care.
• Project management and community development skills.
• Ability to lead, develop, teach, coach, mentor, and evaluate staff.
• Skilled in interpersonal, oral, written, and presentation communication.
• Ability to work independently as well as to lead and work within a team.
• Demonstrated analytical- and critical-thinking skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of current and emerging healthcare and nursing practice issues at the provincial and national levels.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with patients/clients/residents and families about health findings, diagnoses, treatment, self-care, and prognoses.
• Ability to collaborate, consult with, and formally refer patients/clients/residents to physicians and other health professionals when appropriate.
• Ability to critically assess and evaluate health research literature to determine best practices and the ability to introduce education and evidence-based research.
• Ability to assess and recognize population health trends and to plan and implement strategies for population-based prevention and health promotion.
• Ability to self-direct, interact, and adapt effectively with other professionals in complex, dynamic situations.
• Ability to identify and respond appropriately to legal and ethical issues that may arise in patient/resident/client care.
• Ability to self-assess performance and assume responsibility and accountability for own professional development.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
